wore out

past tense of wear out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wore out Hurts wore out a defense without Micah Parsons on touchdown runs of 4 and 8 yards — no legal tush push needed. Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wore out
Verb
  • Posing next to Colman Domingo and Salma Hayek Pinault (who wore an elegant black Balenciaga suit dress), Moore’s glitzy look shone.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The shooter wore dark clothing and fired from a building roof some distance away to the courtyard where the event at which Kirk was speaking took place.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Evergreen High School is located about 20 miles from Columbine High School, the site of an infamous 1999 mass shooting that killed 12 students and a teacher.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Conservative commentator Will Cain observed a moment of silence on his Fox News show after a gunman shot and killed Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Texans were up 28-21, and Keller had exhausted all of its timeouts.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Defense lawyers could still file appeals, but once those challenges are exhausted, the ruling becomes final and any prison terms can be enforced.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whatever drama Wednesday’s game might have held was mostly drained away by the end of the second inning.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Once drained, cut into 1-inch cubes.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Wore out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wore%20out. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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